The teaching staff encourage the diversity that Guildhall is known for…there is something for everyone, regardless of style and influence

Oliver Leith
MMus Composition

The research community at Guildhall is a really interesting place to be

Stefania Donini
PhD

I found it very beneficial to take a break from a busy teaching career to think and reflect on my teaching value, principle and strategies

Yushan Li
PGCert Performance Teaching

Studying at Guildhall is really cool because you are in a setting where the arts are valued by an entire community

Natasha Mbwana
BA Performance & Creative Enterprise

The projects we work on are real - we are in effect constantly getting work experience

Laurie Lumley
BA Video Design for Live Performance

Guildhall is an institution that knows it has to be connected to the outside world - that's the key thing. It's not a bubble. It has roots in the city and in the world.

Jonathan Ferrucci
Artist Diploma Piano

One minute you could be playing in the Guildhall Studio Orchestra with jazz musicians, the next you could be playing in the opera pit, then the next minute you'll be with actors doing the musical and then playing a symphony in the orchestra.

Millie Ashton
BMus Violin

I had access to people I would never have been able to meet as a young composer starting out.

ELQ

Study for equivalent or lower qualifications

Government policy has stopped institutions receiving government funding for students from the UK and EU(non-UK) who already have a qualification at or above the level of the one they wish to take. This policy is known as the ELQ (equivalent or lower qualifications) policy.

The ELQ policy came into effect in September 2008 and for all new entrants from that point onwards.

Therefore, students starting new programmes who are categorised as ELQs will be liable to pay the full overseas fee level.

ELQ Student definition

If you already have a degree or diploma at or above the level of the programme you wish to study at the Guildhall School and would usually pay UK and EU(non-UK) fees you will be an ELQ. An equivalent or higher previous degree or diploma from any country counts in this way, not just those obtained in the UK or the EU.

Students from outside the EU with an equivalent or lower qualification, who would therefore already be paying overseas fees, are not affected by the policy.

Disabled Students

Students who will receive a Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) during their studies are exempt from the ELQ policy. It is therefore important that both undergraduate and postgraduate students who may be eligible for a DSA inform the School of this on their application form.

Students applying for a second undergraduate degree but who receive DSA are ineligible for a Maintenance Grant, Maintenance Loan or Tuition Fee Loan from Student Finance.

Undergraduate Programmes

Please note that undergraduate ELQ students are not eligible for student support (loans and grants) from the UK government.

Taught Postgraduate Programmes

A student entering with a Masters level qualification or equivalent or higher to any of the School’s taught postgraduate programmes will be classed as an ELQ student. A non-ELQ student progressing directly from Part One of the Guildhall Artist Masters programme to Part Two of the Guildhall Artist Masters programme will not be classed as an ELQ student.

Scholarships

These will be awarded in the normal manner, based on merit and/or financial need and are not affected by the ELQ policy.